Kim Kressin Clinical Intern

(she/her)

Kim is a neurodivergent counseling intern working from a person-centered, collaborative, strengths-based lens. She brings lived experience with autism, informed by a strength-based, holistic approach. Kim believes that people have the natural inclination to heal themselves and that when given the correct support and environment, a person will move towards growth and development. She believes that many of our struggles stem from the ways we relate to ourselves, one another, and our wider communities. She strives to provide an empathic witness, foster a space of support, acceptance, and compassion.  

Kim mainly approaches change via alignment of one’s internal world with the exterior. She integrates different modalities based on each individual need, incorporating humanistic, mindfulness, strength-based, and somatic techniques to facilitate increased self-awareness, alignment, and self-acceptance. She has interests in the intersection of neurodivergence and every aspect of our lives and frequently utilizes psychoeducation to empower clients to discover more about themselves. Kim prefers to co-create with the client based on their specific needs and goals for therapy.  

In her spare time, she is an obsessive runner, and loves to wind down by spending time on the trail or with her cat Zoe.  She’s a habitual bookworm, has several intense hobbies such as gardening, black and white photography, birding, and she collects maps. 

Resources Kim Would Like to Share:

Cultivating Self-Compassion to Improve Mental Health in Autistic Adults — Journal Article